Romelu Lukaku is mentally tired after being “overplayed,” Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel said on Tuesday, as the club’s record signing seeks to end his frustrating goal drought. 

Tuchel, speaking ahead of tonight’s Champions League match against Swedish side Malmo, said his players were still adjusting to having Lukaku in the team. “In the moment, in my opinion, I feel Romelu is a bit overplayed. I think he played too many competitions over the summer, too many competitions with the national team. It means a lot for him to play for his country so he takes it really seriously,” he added. “If that does not work well he always puts it on his shoulders, he thinks about it, he reflects about it and I feel he is a bit mentally tired, not like hugely that we have a concern.”